—— most goodlyhod] i. e. perfect goodness.
v. 33. praty] i. e. pretty.
Page 26. v. 40. mastres] i. e. mistress.
v. 41. nys] i. e. ne is—is not.
v. 43. more desyrous] i. e. more desirable.
Qd] i. e. Quod, quoth.
v. 11. rede] i. e. advise.
v. 12. fals poynt] “This fals poynt ... Hæc fraus.” Hormanni Vulgaria, sig. s viii. ed. 1530.
v. 13. fell] i. e. skin.
Page 27. v. 15. lesard] In the Latin above, the corresponding word is anguis: long after Skelton’s time, the poor harmless lizard was reckoned venomous; so in Shakespeare’s Third Part of Henry VI., act ii. sc. 2., “lizards’ dreadful stings.”